Collect: Americana

lot 142: generally with occasional residue commensurate with age and use, and some expected air bubbles from firing, also with some occasional surface wear / abrasions to raised details, throughout; Corn for the World bottle: rim with a couple fleabites, some roughness and sharpness- possibly evidence of grinding, the underside with sharp jagged edge along seam from mold- firing flaw, with evidence of being cut or clipped off; one Washington / Taylor bottle: with hazy, worn surface from use, the rim with probable loss to height over time, with some roughness that has been rubbed from wear, exterior showing some scratching, and the body with some visible inclusions- probable grime and residue build-up combined with air bubbles from firing, rim of base with an area of abrasion / surface loss (micro-chips); small Washington bottle: some roughness and fleabites to rim; dark brown / green bottle: some scratching to raised surface details; tree bottle: some surface scratches to body, neck with chip near edge of rim base; aqua Dyotteville Washington / Taylor bottle: some scratches to raised surface details to body, base edge with a few fleabites and one larger divit from a surface chip near periphery of pontil; summer / winter bottle: very minor scratches to surface, base edge with very minor areas of roughness / fleabites

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